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International arbitration authority Gary Born to speak at 2012 Wayne Law Commencement

April 19, 2012

DETROIT (April 19, 2012) — Gary Born, chair of the International Arbitration Practice Group of international law firm WilmerHale, will speak at Wayne State University Law School’s 2012 Commencement Ceremony at 5 p.m. on Monday, May 14, at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit. Born will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree from Wayne State University.

“I am pleased to welcome Gary Born to this year’s Commencement Ceremony,” said Wayne Law Dean Robert M. Ackerman. “He is a renowned legal expert whose practice and scholarship have had a tremendous influence on the field of international dispute resolution. I am delighted that our students will have the opportunity to hear from such a distinguished member of the legal community.”

Born is widely regarded as the world's preeminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. He heads WilmerHale's 70-person international arbitration group, which is based in London and integrated with related practices in New York, Washington, Berlin and Brussels. He has represented companies from Europe, the U.S., Asia and other countries in arbitrations under all leading institutional rules (ICC, LCIA, AAA, Vienna, Stockholm, ICSID) and in ad hoc arbitrations in all leading international seats (London, Paris, Geneva/Zurich, Vienna, Stockholm, New York, Washington, Singapore).

Born also advises on the litigation of international disputes in U.S. courts. He has specialized experience in the fields of jurisdiction, enforcement of judgments, conflict of laws and international judicial cooperation, and also serves as an expert witness on aspects of U.S. private international law in foreign proceedings.

Born has taught law at Harvard Law School, Stanford Law School, University of St. Gallen, Georgetown University Law Center, National University of Singapore, University of Virginia School of Law, University College London and University of Arizona College of Law. He is a member of the American Law Institute (ALI) and has served on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law, on the Advisory Committee of the ALI's Restatement of U.S. International Arbitration Law, and as co-chair of the American Bar Association International Section, Committee on International Aspects of Litigation.

Admission to Wayne Law’s Commencement Ceremony is by ticket only. For more information, please contact the Law School’s Dean of Students Office at 313-577-3997 or at lawdso@wayne.edu.

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